Career and Co-Op Student Worker

Job Type


Part-time

Description

Who We Are:?

Are you ready to work at a dynamic institution that believes in higher education with lower obstacles? Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology (now known as Franklin Cummings Tech) is a nationally accredited non-profit, technical college serving Massachusetts. The college was seeded in 1791 with funds from the estate of Benjamin Franklin given to the City of Boston to proliferate access to apprenticeship and entrepreneurship. Today, that legacy has evolved into an accredited college that delivers accessible tech and trade education to level the playing field for aspiring talent.


With a mission to deliver transformative technical and trade education that leads to economic advancement, Franklin Cummings Tech offers a unique mix of certificates and degrees that appeal to enterprising students from Eastern Massachusetts and respond to employer demand for a well-prepared workforce. Intentional partnerships with the industries we serve coupled with high graduation and job placement rates, recently attracted the largest philanthropic gift in the history of the college from the Cummings Foundation, helping to spur incredible growth in the past four years.


Franklin Cummings Tech educates more than 1,000 learners annually across three student types: 1) certificate and degree seekers, 2) continuing education clients, and 3) early college students. As evidence that our mission holds resonance student enrollment is up and Fall 2027 applications have soared.


We seek team members who are optimistic, entrepreneurial, data-informed, and excited about the opportunity to strategically increase student success outcomes and total enrollment from more than 1,000 learners today to at least 1,500 learners by 2030. Join us in this mission-driven work!


Position Summary:

Franklin Cummings Tech is seeking a proactive and detail-oriented part-time Career and Co-Op Student Worker to support the Career and Co-Op Services team in maintaining strong relationships with alumni, running career events, conducting employer research, and telling powerful stories of student and employer success.


?Key Responsibilities:

Alumni & Student Outreach

• Call recent alumni who graduated within the past year to find out their current job status and salary, and invite them to get additional support
• Identify past alumni in engineering and engineering technology who are now in hiring positions and flag them as potential employer partners
• Maintain accurate notes and records of outreach activity in Jenzabar Advancement Module

Event Planning & Operations

• Support the logistics of career and co-op events such as Showcases, Match Day, and Interview Day
• Prepare and update the project planning tracker for career and co-op events to clarify who needs to do what when
• Organize and store the event materials

Employer Research

• Gather job openings for PE and HVAC for a biweekly newsletter
• Gather data on our companies, including company size, travel distance, and mailing address

Communications & Marketing

• Support the creation and launch of new materials for social media
• Encourage other students to post content on social media
• Create and update career and co-op visuals for events

Special Projects

• Support other administrative projects as needed. These may include updating apprenticeship data, tracking metrics, and conducting data entry

Requirements

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently, manage time effectively, and stay organized.
• Comfortable with phone and digital outreach.
• Experience with LinkedIn and other professional networking platforms.
• Familiarity with technical education pathways and employer engagement is a plus.
• Experience using Microsoft Office and CRM platforms preferred.